"papers" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpeɪpɚz/ [General-American], /ˈpeɪpəz/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-papers.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} papers
  1. plural of paper. Tags: form-of, plural Form of: paper
    Sense id: en-papers-en-noun-SS5Dk~02

Noun

IPA: /ˈpeɪpɚz/ [General-American], /ˈpeɪpəz/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-papers.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} papers pl (plural only)
  1. Official documents or identification, as a passport. Tags: plural, plural-only Translations (official documents or identification): papers [masculine, plural] (Catalan), paperit [plural] (Finnish), papiery [nonvirile] (Polish), papeles [masculine, plural] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-papers-en-noun-b~4U0zDw Disambiguation of 'official documents or identification': 87 11 2
  2. A collection of documents, unpublished writing or correspondence in an archive or library collection. Tags: plural, plural-only Translations (collection of documents): paperit [plural] (Finnish), papiery [nonvirile] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-papers-en-noun-n3dfmwxA Disambiguation of 'collection of documents': 16 81 3
  3. (Australia) cigarette papers Tags: Australia, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-papers-en-noun-eccHO~ei Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 10 58 29 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 14 7 10 43 27

Verb

IPA: /ˈpeɪpɚz/ [General-American], /ˈpeɪpəz/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-papers.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} papers
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of paper Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: paper
    Sense id: en-papers-en-verb-p7Mml6ZS

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